Using molecular prey detection to quantify rock lobster predation on barrens-forming sea urchins

We apply qPCR molecular techniques to detect in situ rates of consumption of sea urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii and Heliocidaris erythrogramma) by rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii). A non-lethal method was used to source faecal samples from trap-caught lobsters over 2 years within two no-take rese...

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Main Authors: Redd, K., Ling, S., Frusher, S., Jarman, Simon, Johnson, C.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72780